to care, to give..
last week, i was riding on a jeepney with my brother-in-law when four older women (ages ranging from 40-50) sat down beside us and started a rather short yet meaningful conversation...it was obvious that they recently went out of the theather house & watched Caregiver. Their talk went something like this..
Woman # 1: Naku, naiiyak pa rin ako sa Caregiver na yan. Ganun pala doon sa London ano?
Woman # 2: Sinabi mo pa. kaya tuloy pinag-iisipan ko pa kung pangunguha ko yung anak ko ng kursong caregiver eh.. ang hirap pala!
Woman # 3: Ako man, gusto kong magtrabaho uli, gusto kong magcaregiver noon, pero after watching, parang ayaw ko nang ituloy..
Woman # 4: Nake mare, ganito na lang gawin mo, bawat hugas mo ng puwet sa pasyente me, isipin mo "Pounds, Pounds, Pounds!"
Woman#1: Yung anak ko, andun sa London. ilang pasyente ang hawak nya sa isang araw. di ko lubos maisip na lahat ng ginawa ni Sharon, ganun din ang ginagawa ng anak ko. ngayon ko naiintindihan yung hirap na dinadanas nila, wala pa naman sa tabi nila yung family nila.. (then she started crying)
Woman# 4: nabanggit mo yang anak mo, si Madel ko, nursing, balak ding mag-abroad. (she noticed Woman # 1 crying)
Woman # 3: aysus mare, naaalala mo na naman anak mo o yung pelikula?
Woman # 1: pareho.nakakaiyak naman talaga kasi eh.
Woman # 2: Mare, iiyakan mo rin ba ako kung sakaling ituloy ko ang pagke-caregiver?
Woman # 1: huh, hindi noh!
then they looked at each other and everybody laughed.
truly, the movie Caregiver has touched a lot of lives. i remember in one of Sharon's interview, what we saw in the film is just 1/10th of what the real caregivers are doing in other countries. Tears have fallen down my face when i was able to catch the full trailer of the movie. truly heart-wenching. my heart goes to all our modern day heroes who sacrificed a lot for their families, who braved the icy cold weather, who painstakingly took care of the every needs of the ill ones and who have decided to stay even if they are getting homesick..
to our heroes, we are truly proud of what you do.
whoaw! prang gs2 ko nrin tuloi pnoorin ang caregivers.
ReplyDeletei think lahat nmn ng trabaho sa ibng bansa, mhirap e. pro dollars nmn at pounds ang ktapat.. y not dba??!! hehehe.. keri yan! sbi nga nung babe dba, "icpin mo nlng pounds! pounds! pounds!" hehehe..
haha.. babe.. i mean babae pla!.. lolz
ReplyDeletehi belle.. tama ka, kahit sang bansa pa mapunta ang pinoy, kalakip ang pagsasacrifice at hirap sa trabaho.. thanks for visiting :)
ReplyDeletehaha natawa ko dun sa pounds pounds pounds..naimagine ko kasi haha..
ReplyDeleteanyway, kahit naman hindi ganun kahirap yung trabaho basta malayo ka sa family mo o sa nakasanayan mong paligid mahirap pa din..kaya dapat yung mga naiwan nila dito magpakabait at wag sayangin ung paghihirap nila dun..andami kong sinabi..shhh ana!! shh!! ahaha
i never entertain the thought of working away from my family... parang hindi ko kasi kakayanin... aside from that, ayokong lumaki ang mga anak ko na malayo ako sa kanila... (musta na po ate claire)
ReplyDeletehehe!natawa naman ako sa usapan ng mag kumare!parang nakikita ko nanay ko..;0)
ReplyDeletei watched the movie and it's very moving..so realistic.
even though i haven't seen the movie yet, i was the same way when i saw the preview... tears were running down my face already esp. when the patient was thanking her. oh gosh! emotional kasi ako kaya anything makes me cry lolz
ReplyDeletewell, thanks for the cute kwento claire... very detailed.